Zoosphaerium | |
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A giant pill millipede in the genus Zoosphaerium | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Myriapoda |
Class: | Diplopoda |
Order: | Sphaerotheriida |
Family: | Arthrosphaeridae |
Genus: | Zoosphaerium Pocock, 1895 |
Zoosphaerium is a genus of giant pill millipedes endemic to Madagascar. Some species within this genus express island gigantism.[1] The largest of the known species of giant pill millipede known is Zoosphaerium neptunus,[2] which is capable of growing to lengths of 90 mm (3.5 in).